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Whether to run the initiator and cleaner threads on this metastore instance. Set this to true on one instance of the Thrift metastore service as part of turning on Hive transactions. For a complete list of parameters required for turning on transactions, see 82903061.
ItBefore Hive 1.3.0 it's critical that this is enabled on exactly one metastore service instance (not enforced yet). As of Hive 1.3.0 this property may be enabled on any number of standalone metastore instances.
hive.compactor.worker.threads
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